Private Finished Delphi - Not the Oracle, the Bookshop!

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As she opened the door to the quaint looking bookshop, the heady smell of old books, vellum, leather, and parchment mixed with the characteristic mustiness of old books assaulted her senses - but in a very good way. The smell brought back happy memories, a time when things had been simpler, and all she had to worry about was school, homework, or what she was going to do on the weekend.

Zora loved books, loved libraries, had spent hours upon hours as a young girl, alone in their family library fascinated by all the lore, the theory behind magic and nature, the legends of magical creatures, beings, in the books her grandfather had collected over the centuries.

Glancing around the shop briefly, taking in the high stacks, long rows, and aisles of books, Zora couldn't help but wander up the first aisle, curious to see if maybe they might have something about regalias. It was a subject, a topic that was new to her. She had actually gleaned her own library, asked her grandfather even, and had come up rather empty handed. Nobody seemed to really know much about the beings in question.

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Ithai

It was nice, having help around the shop again. It reminded Ithai of the old days, with him and the old man. He was gone now, of course, off with his daughter in Greece but letters were still a regular occurrence. Ithai hoped that they would continue for a long time.

The sound of the door opening quietly brought his attention to the front. There was a woman making her way into the shop, taking a moment to peruse the stacks of books displayed there. She looked more at home among the books than a person of her bearing ought to, dressed as she was in business clothing.

Ithai moved forward to greet her and immediately felt a nudge of her current despair that made him stop. "Oh," he said absently. "Are you here about the Regalia, too?"
 

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Zora looked up from the leather-bound book she had been browsing through, putting it back on the shelf when she saw, heard, the young man address her. Glancing up at him, she noticed first his eyes, they were a rusty brown hue, almost red, and rather intense for one so young looking.

"You know that?" she asked somewhat dumbfounded by his question, "How do you even know what I'm here for?" Zora asked somewhat disconcerted by his apparent insight of what she was there searching for.

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"It's on your mind," Ithai said, completely oblivious to how unhelpful that was to somebody who had no knowledge of his powers. What he was focused on, rather, was how he could help. Unlike many on the island, he actually had quite a bit of knowledge on Regalia. "I live with two of the tournament proctors," he continued, waving an absent hand upwards towards the flat. "I think one of my cousins is in on it, too."

He stared intently at the woman for a few moments, trying to get a grip on her desires. "So what did you want to know?"
 

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Zora just stared quietly at the young man for a moment longer, her gaze calmly looking him over as she considered his words about "it being on her mind" and guessing that he must have read her mind or wants and desires. Though, if she were honest, either option left her feeling somewhat uneasy even though she did not sense any evil or bad intentions from him.

Frowning a bit at his question, Zora did not quite know where to start, looking at him again, she shrugged, "I don't know really. Everything I guess, like who or what are they, and why are they here?
 

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"They're spirits, of course," Ithai said, bemused. "They're just doing what what spirits do - fulfill their role to the world by protecting the lot of you as you do whatever it is you want. Granted, they expect that you'll take part in the tournament and see it to its end. But it's really up to you whether or not you do."

"I can explain everything if you want, I guess," he continued with a shrug. "But I'm not sure how much help it'll actually be to you."
 

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"Okay, I get that they are spirits... but from where?" Zora said to him, not satisfied by the answer, and squinting a little at the protecting part. "What do you mean "protecting"?" she asked.

"Do you mean we can do dangerous challenges and not get hurt?" she said, thinking that none of the challenges had been anywhere near dangerous. Everyone had picked or chosen games or challenges that were easy to do or not at all dangerous.
 

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"Everywhere," Ithai said with a shrug. "Some Regalia are born, some are made. You can choose to become a Regalia if you have enough spirit's blood in you. It wasn't for me, though, so I didn't. I didn't like the idea of only protecting one person at a time, that's all."

He blinked at the woman's next question, tilting his head. "You've gotten new abilities from your Regalia, haven't you?" he said. "That's their way of trying to protect you. They often can't do so directly unless their powers are biased towards that but what they can do is give you the tools to survive different challenges. Most don't want to see you hurt which is why most of the challenges aren't anything serious."
 

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"So like guardian angels?" she asked trying to understand better what the spirits were. "And anyone can be a regalia? How does one know? How does one know if they have spirit blood in them?"

At his question, she actually shrugged, "I don't know... I've not tried to use the powers my regalia has." she confessed, "I thought you had to be bonded, that's what a lot of the challengers have assumed too..." she said now very confused by the whole thing.